"The best thing for being sad," replied Merlin, beginning to puff and blow, "is to learn something. That's the only thing that never fails. You may grow old and trembling in your anatomies, you may lie awake at night listening to the disorder of your veins, you may miss your only love, you may see the world about you devastated by evil lunatics, or know your honour trampled in the sewers of baser minds. There is only one thing for it then — to learn. Learn why the world wags and what wags it. That is the only thing which the mind can never exhaust, never alienate, never be tortured by, never fear or distrust, and never dream of regretting. Learning is the only thing for you. Look what a lot of things there are to learn." — T.H. White, The Once and Future King

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Smart Keyword Searches for Learners
Tech Notes

Smart Keyword Searches for Learners →

Firefox Quick Search Keywords can be used to make bookmarks you can invoke with a keyword, and even pass a parameter to. Here I use them to bookmarks complex search queries that will benefit, well, learners. more →
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The Emergence of Citizen’s Media →

The news­pa­per (as we know it) is his­tory. The pan­elists dis­cuss its trans­for­ma­tion in the dig­i­tal age.

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Really Simple Syndication
Half Notes

Really Simple Syndication →

RSS (Really Simple Syndication or RDF Site Summary) is a lightweight XML-based format for distributing news headlines and other content on the Web. more →
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eXtensible Markup Language
Half Notes

eXtensible Markup Language →

XML (Extensible Markup Language) is a W3C standard for text document markup. more →
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The Art of Complex Problem Solving →

Visual mod­el­ing offers a means to build a sys­tem­atic under­stand­ing of com­plex prob­lems. Via Idi­a­gram.

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Four Modes of Seeking Information →

Given all what we don’t know, it is rather dis­tress­ing that a web site’s infor­ma­tion design can offer only four search modes: known-items, exploratory, don’t know what you need to know, and re-finding.

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Beyond Knowledge and Competence →

This pro­posed frame­work of reflect­ing, enquir­ing and cre­at­ing bridges two dichotomies found in pro­fes­sional devel­op­ment: between learn­ing and prac­tice, and between work and learn­ing.

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Survey of Canadian Attitudes toward Learning →

The No. 1 rea­son Cana­di­ans report tak­ing work-related train­ing as adults is to per­form more effec­tively in their cur­rent jobs, far ahead of earn­ing more money or get­ting a bet­ter job.

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The Miniature Earth →

Happy Thanks­giv­ing. It is a good time to be reminded that the earth is minia­ture and only some of us have much for which to be thank­ful.

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Stories from Beechwood Cemetery
Field Notes

Stories from Beechwood Cemetery →

Ottawa's Beechwood cemetery is beautiful at all times of the year, and especially so on crisp Fall days when its winding roads through wooded groves feel very 19th century. more →
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